Spyware, Adware and other malicious softwares: What are they?
The world we live in today is mostly governed by
high-speed in almost every aspect. From the cars we drive
to the internet that we use. It's all about speed, fast and now.
Technology has taken steps in keeping up with the phase of
modern human life. Because of the steady climb of the internet
and information technology towards better and more convenient
ways of mass transferring of data, photos, audio and video files
and almost transferable and moveable piece of information over a
network, people have also found numerous ways of keeping up with
the drastically changing network environment.
But with all the technology present and ready for
utilization anytime, anywhere, the number of malicious softwares
like spyware, that are not necessarily viruses but poses the
same level of threat if left to be challenged and unchecked,
have also grown to triple their previous size and keeps on
growing.
Malicious softwares are the kinds of softwares that
automatically activate a link while we are on the internet.
Their main function is to act like an annoying salesperson who
wouldn't take no for an answer. They lead our computers to sites
that have a hyperlink or permanently hyperlink a page for us.
There are two distinct kinds of malicious software, one is the
adware and the other one is the Spyware.
Although both act in the same direction, they do have
differences. We are well aware of what a pop-up ad is and how it
can be annoying at some point in the time we are using the
internet. A pop-up ad however just pops up at random during any
occasion that we are using the internet. Programmers have
devised a way to insert a pop-up ad into the programming string
of a webpage. They usually insert it in the beginning of a
webpage. Programmers usually rewrite the whole programming
string at the start of the webpage so it won't be noticeable to
the real author. On the other hand malicious software like
spyware and adware are independently programmed applications and
doesn't need the help of a webpage to trigger its effects.
Spyware and adware works by entering your computer and
constantly opens a link for an ad. Although spywares don't
really affect your computer right away, unlike a virus where
computers have the drastic and almost instant effects Spywares
just sit inside your computer opening up links to and ad or
directing you to it. One thing you'll notice is that the spyware
is constantly getting in the way of your business and the
spyware is pretty hard to detect because it does not contain the
usual programming string normal viruses have. You could say that
spyware is a hybrid program that confuses a normal anti-virus
program.
Spywares get passed on to our computer virtually
undetected, but software vendors have come up with a way of
solving our spyware problems for us. They've come up with a
spyware detection software that scans the computer for
programming codes that would normally have a lot of hyperlinks.
Spywares are really a menace to us and our computers but
with the right information and the proper tools we can protect
our investment from spyware, adware and anything else they can
come up with.
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& adware, quickly and easily. To learn the essential keys to
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